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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois wish to congratulate the University of
4 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team on advancing to
5 the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Final Four and
6 making the school's first appearance in the National
7 Championship game in the program's 100-year history; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The Illini advanced to the Finals by defeating
9 Fairleigh Dickinson University, the University of Nevada, the
10 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of Arizona,
11 and the University of Louisville in the NCAA's 64-team
12 tournament; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The head coach of the Fighting Illini is second
14 year coach Bruce Weber; he became the first University of
15 Illinois Men's Basketball head coach to advance to the Finals
16 of the National Championship, and he was named the 2004-05
17 Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year, the 2004-05 Big Ten
18 Coach of the Year, the 2005 Henry Iba Award winner, and the
19 2005 Associated Press Coach of the Year; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The team members of the Fighting Illini are junior
21 Marcus Arnold of Chicago; junior James Augustine of Mokena;
22 freshman Calvin Brock of Chicago; junior Dee Brown of Maywood;
23 sophomore Warren Carter of Dallas, Texas; senior Luther Head of
24 Chicago; senior Jack Ingram of San Antonio, Texas; sophomore
25 Rich McBride of Springfield; senior Fred Nkemdi of North
26 Riverside; senior Roger Powell, Jr., of Joliet; freshman Shaun
27 Pruitt of Aurora; sophomore Brian Randle of Peoria; senior Nick
28 Smith of Valrico, Florida; and junior Deron Williams of The
29 Colony, Texas; and
 
30     WHEREAS, The coaches of the Fighting Illini are Head Coach
31 Bruce Weber, and Assistant Coaches Wayne McCLain, Jay Price,

 

 

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1 Tracy Webster, and Gary Nottingham; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we congratulate the team members and coaches of the Fighting
5 Illini basketball team on providing the University of Illinois
6 with its first appearance in the NCAA National Championship
7 game; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
9 presented to each of the coaches and members of the Fighting
10 Illini as a token of our respect and esteem and with our best
11 wishes for future success.